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  2. Broken windows theory - Wikipedia

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    A 2015 meta-analysis of broken windows policing implementations found that disorder policing strategies, such as "hot spots policing" or problem-oriented policing, result in "consistent crime reduction effects across a variety of violent, property, drug, and disorder outcome measures". [39]

  3. Lawrence W. Sherman - Wikipedia

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    Lawrence W. Sherman (born October 25, 1949) is an experimental criminologist and police educator who defined evidence-based policing.Since October 2024 he has served as Chief Executive Officer of Benchmark Cambridge, a global police reform organisation.

  4. Predictive policing in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The study cites that predictive policing is only half of the effectiveness. Carefully executed human action is the second half of its effectiveness. This prediction and execution is highly dependent on the reliability of the input of the data. If the data is unreliable the effectiveness of predictive policing can be disputed. [27]

  5. Violent crime drops in top 10 largest US city as police use ...

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    The Dallas Police Department saw a drop in violent crime in 2024 by implementing proven strategies to proactively fight crime in Texas.. Interim Chief of Police Michael Igo told Fox News Digital ...

  6. Evidence-based policing - Wikipedia

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    In a 1998 Police Foundation "Ideas in American Policing" lecture, Sherman outlined the concept of "evidence-based policing". [5] His core idea was that police practice can be made far more effective if tactics proven to work during controlled field experiments are prioritized.

  7. ‘We want you to feel safe.’ Tacoma police chief outlines plan ...

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    Hot-spot policing, the first phase, has started to be implemented across Tacoma. Hot-spot policing will focus on violence-prone addresses (24 addresses account for 12 percent of violent crime in ...

  8. Crime hotspots - Wikipedia

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    The formula had other problems as some "hot circles" would overlap and share same crime incidents. The "hot circles" also sometimes became elongated creating ovals. [4] These problems led to the creation of the hot spot ellipses. Ellipses are created now to show different levels of dispersion of crime incidents.

  9. Crime prevention - Wikipedia

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    Policing hot spots, areas of known criminal activity, decreases the number of criminal events reported to the police in those areas. Other initiatives include community policing efforts to capture known criminals. Organizations such as America's Most Wanted and Crime Stoppers help catch these criminals.